CofE catalyzes the addition of two glutamates to F420-0 in F420 coenzyme biosynthesis in Methanococcus jannaschii

Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 32, 2003, Pages 9771-9778

  Li, Hong ^a   Graupner, Marion ^a,b   Xu, Huimin ^a   White, Robert H ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAXTER INNOVATIONS GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DIMERS; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; GENES; POSITIVE IONS;

MONOVALENT CATIONS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

7,8 DINOR 8 HYDROXY 5 DEAZARIBOFLAVIN; BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLUTAMIC ACID; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN COFE; RIBOFLAVIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CATALYSIS; COENZYME; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHANOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CATALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; COENZYMES; DIMERIZATION; ENZYME STABILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLUTAMATES; METHANOCOCCUS; NUCLEOTIDES; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBOFLAVIN; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHANOCALDOCOCCUS JANNASCHII; METHANOCOCCUS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0041464583     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi034779b     Document Type: Article

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